The V. I. LENIN COLLECTION

Biography: A full political biography is provided in Lenin: Life & Work by Sevin & Golikov (Novosti Press Agency, 1975) [247Kb]. Shorter biographical sketches are provided in Clara Zetkin's Recollections of Lenin (coming soon!) and Ilyich's Favourite Books [11.7Kb], a short supplement to the collection On Culture and Cultural Revolution by his wife and colleague, Nadezdha Krupskaya, offers insights into Lenin's favourite literature.

War & Revolution [56.2Kb] A lecture delivered May 14 (27), 1917 First published in Pravda No. 23 April 23, 1929 Collected Works, Vol.24, pp.398-421. Letter to Comrades [56.1Kb] Written October 17 (30), 1917 First published in Rabochy Put Nos. 40, 41 and 42, November 1, 2 and 3 (October 19, 20 and 21), 1917 Collected Works, Vol.26, pp.195-215 Marxism & Insurrection [17.3Kb] A Letter to the Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.) Written September 13-14 (26-27), 1917 First published in 1921 in the magazine Proletarskaya Revolutsia No.2 Collected Works, Vol.26, pp.22-27 Can the Bolsheviks Retain State Power? [136Kb] First published in 1918 in the pamphlet Can the Bolsheviks Retain State Power?, "Soldiers' and Peasants' Library" Series, St. Petersburg The Bolsheviks Must Assume Power [10.4Kb] A Letter to the Central Committee and the Petrograd and Moscow Committees of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.) Written September 12-14 (25-27), 1917 First published in 1921 in the magazine Proletarskaya Revolutsia No.2 Collected Works, Vol.26, pp.19-21

1919

Letter to Sylvia Pankhurst [17.2Kb] First published in September 1919 in the magazine The Communist International Collected Works, Vol.29, pp.561-66 Soviet Power & the Status of Women [8.5Kb] First published in Pravda No.249, November 6, 1919. Collected Works, Vol.30, pp.120-23) This edition from the pamphlet Soviet Power & the Status of Women/International Working Women's Day, Tasks of the Working Women's Movement in the Soviet Republic [15.5Kb] Speech delivered at the Fourth Moscow City Conference of Non-Party Working Women, September 23, 1919 First published in Pravda No. 213, September 25, 1919 Collected Works Vol. 30 pp. 40-46

1920

Left-Wing Communism -- an Infantile Disorder To the Working Women [3.5Kb] Written on February 21, 1920 First published in Pravda No.40, February 22, 1920 Collected Works, Vol.30, pp. 371-72 Tasks of the Youth Leagues [40.2Kb] Speech delivered at the Third All-Russia Congress of the Russian Young Communist League, October 2, 1920 First published in Pravda Nos. 221, 222 and 223, October 5, 6 and 7, 1920 Collected Works, Vol. 31, April-December 1920

1921

International Working Women's Day [5.8Kb] Written March 4, 1921 First published on March 8,1921, in a supplement to Pravda No.51 Collected Works, Vol.32, pp.161-63 This edition from the pamphlet Soviet Power & the Status of Women/International Working Women's Day